The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

RNA has become more widely known recently due to COVID-19, but researchers have only barely scratched the surface of understanding what RNA is capable of. Our recent report presents an ambitious road map for better understanding RNA, inspired by what was achieved for DNA two decades ago by the Human Genome Project. In a recent Issues in Science and Technology podcast, Lydia Contreras — one of the report's authors — talks about what RNA is, the challenges and potential of this effort, and what lessons could be learned from previous efforts with the Human Genome Project. Listen or read: https://ow.ly/gk8h50UgVEt #RNA #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine #DNA

Smartphone technology has transformed children’s relationship with the internet in the past 15 years, and mental health among young people has declined over the same time period. Our new report concludes that social media has the potential to both harm and benefit adolescent health, and provides recommendations for how stakeholders can work to minimize social media's negative impacts on children and maximize positive effects. “Many of our children have grown up using social media, and the impact of social media use on adolescent health is something that parents, doctors, teachers, and adolescents themselves are concerned about,” said Victor J. Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine. “Now is the time for research to help answer this pressing question and inform ongoing public policy debates about social media.” Learn more: https://ow.ly/tQtz50Ug3We #SocialMedia #ChildHealth #ChildrensMentalHealth #Pediatrics

Investment in the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics has resulted in a rich variety of education innovations, but the successful implementation and sustainability of these innovations varies widely across different educational contexts. Examine the factors that foster or impede the implementation of promising pre-K-12 STEM education innovations from our new report: https://ow.ly/jpLM50UeXNF #STEMeducation #Education #EducationInnovation #InnovationInEducation

Several U.S.-based Nobel Prize winners were celebrated recently at a symposium co-hosted by the National Academy of Sciences and the Embassy of Sweden in USA. Although the work of the laureates spans different fields, the laureates explored some of the things their discoveries have in common — such as how they bring tangible benefits to individuals and society, and how they demonstrate the importance of collaboration in science. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Va0m50UcZMu #Science #Innovation #NobelPrize

Advances in artificial intelligence promise to improve productivity significantly, but there are many questions about how AI could affect jobs and workers. A new National Academies’ report evaluates recent advances in AI technology and their implications for economic productivity, the workforce and education, and sets out findings to equip workers and policymakers to flexibly respond to AI developments. Learn more about the report’s findings: https://ow.ly/yhRb50Uc48n #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #FutureOfWork #Automation

"There is an urgent need for a coordinated #PublicHealth approach to #CannabisPolicy in the U.S.," said Steven Teutsch, chair of the committee that wrote our recent report on the issue. The report presents a strategy to minimize public health harms through stronger federal leadership, a robust research agenda, and more. Learn more: https://ow.ly/MjZM50Ub7Im #CannabisPolicy #CannabisLegalization #MarijuanaPolicy #MarijuanaLegalization #PublicHealth

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"Race and ethnicity are applied in inappropriate and even harmful ways in biomedical research." A recent article from STAT outlines our report assessing the use of racial and ethnic categories in biomedical research and providing recommendations to guide future use: https://ow.ly/MRqT50U9bS9

Join us this week at the National Academies for... Advancing Oral Health Across the Lifespan https://lnkd.in/eZXdXysP Issues at the Intersection of Engineering and Human Rights https://lnkd.in/eHfGyDiR Space Studies Board and Board on Physics and Astronomy Fall Meeting https://lnkd.in/eJw6MWbM STEM Innovators: Early Entrepreneurship Education Shaping the Future https://lnkd.in/gqMGUS7M Why is it Challenging to Measure Reproductive Equity and What are Promising Practices? https://lnkd.in/efMmv_JS Policies, Practices, and Systems to Retain and Advance Black People in SEM https://lnkd.in/euBJzGQw AI + Limited Data https://lnkd.in/dpZyprhB A Healthy Exchange: New Weight Loss Drugs (GLP-1s) Explained https://lnkd.in/e7KVnCTi Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work https://lnkd.in/eJHw_iiE #OralHealth #DentalCare #Dental #Dentistry #Engineering #Engineers #HumanRights #Space #NASA #Astronomy #Physics #GravitationalWaves #DarkMatter #Entrepreneurship #STEMEducation #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveEquity #HealthEquity #STEMEquity #DEI #DEIPolicy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Data #SmallData #LimitedData #BigData #Chemistry #Chemical #ChemicalEngineering #GLP1 #WeightLoss #WeightLossDrugs #Ozempic #Wegovy #FutureOfWork #Labor #Workforce #Automation

A recent National Academies report examines racial and ethnic disparities in health care and how to close those gaps to ensure health equity. Report co-chair Georges Benjamin discusses the report in a new Issues in Science and Technology interview: https://ow.ly/1h5Z50U7ZkB #HealthEquity #HealthDisparities #SDOH #HealthCare